Maltese emigrants to Australia, Canada and the US have made sure they don't go without pastizzi. You can find pastizzi shops in many shops and Maltese clubs around the world.
Trays of rikotta filled pastizzi await baking at a Maltese bar. Bought for a few cents each, this Maltese 'fast food' is very popular with locals and tourists alike.
Vittoriosa has been restored to its former glory. Located in one of the most beautiful natural harbours in the world, the Grand Harbour of Malta, this little city did not always live up to it’s glorious name.
Some of the megaliths at Mnajdra Temples have been decoratively pitted. These temples are thought to have been used for ceremonial purposes.
Diagram of Mnajdra Temples not only indicating the astronomical alignment with the equinox and solstices but also the shape as seen from the air. The shape resembles the goddess of fertility, stone statues of which have been found in the temples and now on display at the Museum of Archaeology in the Capital Valletta.
Spectacular view from the Upper Barrakka Garden in Valletta, Malta over the Grand Harbour.
The gardiola at the edge of a bastion in the Grand Harbour of Malta. Time stands still in the magnificent harbour, where the walls are the same as those of over 400 years ago.
A sous vendor cleanses his glasses with water with great flourish.
A close up of a box of sweets from a confectioner in Amman, Jordan.
On my way overland from Jordan to Syria, my driver stopped me at this shop to change money. It always makes me smile to look at the wording on that sign.